1. 1940 to 1949 - INES, NAMS and other events

    The Soviet Union carried out a total of 715 tests with 969 individual explosive devices... Nuclear weapons A - Z Nuclear weapon states There are nine nuclear weapon states but only five are “recognized”. The United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom - the states that also have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council - are named "nuclear weapon states" in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty because they...

  2. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    of the Japanese fishing trawler 'Happy Dragon V' was heavily irradiated. Nuclear weapons A - Z Nuclear weapon states There are nine nuclear weapon states but only five are “recognized”. The United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom - the states that also have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council - are named "nuclear weapon states" in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty because they...

  3. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    September 2016 (North Korea's 5th nuclear weapons test) Punggye-ri, PRK Wikipedia en North Korean nuclear weapons program On September 09, 2016 at around 2:30 a.m. CET, earthquake monitors in South Korea, China, the USA and Europe registered a magnitude 5,3 earthquake in North Korea. A few hours later, North Korea announced the successful test of a nuclear bomb... Punggye-ri (Test Site) List of...

  4. 2000 to 2009 - INES, NAMS and other events

    - According to North Korean information, the test was carried out successfully on October 9, 2006. Numerous governments around the world sharply criticized the bomb test; Even China, which is allied with North Korea, was threatened with consequences... Punggye-ri (test site) List of nuclear weapons tests Nuclear weapons A - Z North Korea "de facto" nuclear weapon state | "De-Facto" Nuclear Weapon State North Korea signed in 1985...

  5. Newsletter XXX 2023 - July 23-29 - News+ Chomsky: What happens when orders from Washington are not followed?

    Temperatures | Greenhouse gases | Heat wave Are deadly heat waves driven by climate change? Energy and climate – compact: New study examines the extreme temperatures in Europe, the USA and China. To what extent are rising greenhouse gases responsible for this? What are we facing? The severe heat waves that have hit the Mediterranean region, China and the USA since June are...

  6. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    American Atomic Energy Agency. But who was the man who went down in history as the “father of the atomic bomb”? Did he ever regret his invention?... * Chomsky | Climate crisis | Cooperation with China Noam Chomsky on the most dangerous point in human history Chomsky says: Nuclear risks have been amplified by US triumphalism. The climate crisis in particular needs...

  7. Newsletter XXVIII 2023 - July 9-15 - News+ Bulgaria wants to sell Russian reactors to Ukraine

    As part of an evacuation operation due to a forest fire on the Canary Island of La Palma, around 500 people had to leave their homes. [...] From Europe to America to Japan and China: Large parts of the world are suffering from an extreme heat wave. A whole series of high temperatures was expected this weekend. In Italy, the Ministry of Health issued...

  8. Newsletter XXVII 2023 - July 2nd to 8th - News+ Is nuclear power experiencing a renaissance? There are also military interests behind it

    experienced. In California, temperatures rose to up to 49 degrees. Likewise in Mexico, Canada and North Africa. Scientists blame climate change, but also El Niño... * China | Tritium | Japan because of plans for nuclear power plant wastewater China wants to ban food imports from Japan Japan is allowed to dump radioactively contaminated cooling water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea...

  9. Newsletter XXVI 2023 - June 25 to July 1 - News+ Two tips on how we can further strengthen the far-right AfD

    Global solar power production doubles every two to three years. By 2040 at the latest, photovoltaics will supply half of the electricity. Why did we make solar energy big and then give it to China? Let's get her back! How do the eco-terrorists actually imagine saving the world? Surely a few ridiculous solar modules can't stop global warming...

  10. Newsletter XXV 2023 - June 18th to 24th - News+ US war machine: Many knew, only he disagreed

    spreading eastward across the equatorial Pacific. After three years it could reach the west coast of the USA - possibly even in higher concentrations than on the coasts of Japan and China. * Belgium | Term extension | Netherlands Environmentalists object to nuclear power plant life extension in Belgium The Federal Association of Citizens' Environmental Protection Initiatives (BBU) informed...

  11. Newsletter XXIV 2023 - June 11th to 17th - News+ How the West is losing the Global South

    for the future of photovoltaics. This year, the organizers of Intersolar in Munich are expecting around 85.000 visitors from all over the world, a new record. There were 65.000 last year. [...] China is the solar world champion in expansion and export. China in particular is currently driving global solar expansion. 402 GW are already installed there today, and according to the...

  12. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    | MiK military-industrial complex | Armament How the arms lobby in the USA penetrates society Four mega arms companies finance politicians, think tanks and war films: Billions more are needed against China. The military-industrial complex (MIK), which President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about more than sixty years ago, is doing better than...

  13. Newsletter XXII 2023 - May 28th to June 3rd - News+ Political style in Germany Please, strengthen the AfD

    SWE June 30, 1983 (INES ? Class?) Akw Embalse, ARG * We are looking for current information. If anyone can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de June 3rd Great Britain | China | EDF | Hinkley Point | Costs of British nuclear power This is where the tensions between China and the West manifest themselves in British nuclear energy The construction of Hinkley Point C, one of the largest...

  14. Newsletter XXI 2023 - 21 to 27 May - News+ World Biodiversity Day: Will the plan to restore Europe's biodiversity fail?

    Fossil fuel producer admits it is difficult to sell its products as climate-friendly. But he does this according to all the rules of the art... * Photovoltaics | Solar production Lorraine instead of China Giga race to the sun Europe is finally trying to catch up again in solar production. Gigafactories are to be built in France, Italy and Germany. However, investors point out...

  15. Newsletter XIX 2023 - May 7-13 - News+ Is the West turning Ukraine into a nuclear battlefield?

    ... News+ Background knowledge Background knowledge ** The map of the nuclear world Wikipedia: While uranium ammunition is known to be stockpiled by 21 countries (USA, Russia, Great Britain, China, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece, France, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Thailand, South Korea...

  16. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    aged poorly, but can still be found in the AFD party program today. Nothing has come of the speeding ban on motorways. To date, no government has dared to approach it again... * China | Renewables | Gobi Desert | Tengger Desert Solar Park China puts huge wind and solar power plant into operation China wants to become carbon dioxide neutral by 2060. A new wind and solar power plant in...

  17. Newsletter XVI 2023 - April 16th to 22nd - News+ Poisons for eternity - Uranium and its radioactive relatives

    | Sodium ions What makes sodium ion batteries so interesting In terms of performance, they lag behind lithium-ion batteries, but they promise cheaper production and more possible uses. China takes the lead The Chinese company Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is on many lips these days. Last year it became the first company to produce a sodium-ion battery in...

  18. Newsletter XV 2023 - April 9th ​​to 15th - News+ Traffic light climate, Switzerland as a role model and the better alternative to e-fuels

    become. The process is called “Carbon Capture and Utilization,” or CCU for short. A distinction must be made between this and the CCS process, in which carbon dioxide is captured and then stored... * China | Nuclear fusion | Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) China takes the next big step in the tokamak fusion reactor Chinese researchers are in the practical implementation of...

  19. Newsletter XIV 2023 - April 2-8 - News+ Wars and School Massacres: The Cancer of Dehumanization

    These include the interstate and territorial conflict over Ukraine's sovereignty. But the dispute over fossil resources and the rivalry between the nuclear powers USA, China and Russia as well as the question of the different security interests in Europe also play crucial roles,” emphasizes the chairwoman of the IPPNW, Dr. med. Angelika Claussen... Easter marches with...

  20. Newsletter XIII 2023 - March 26 to April 1 - News+ What uranium ammunition would do to Ukraine

    "We encourage the Chancellor, together with France, to convince Brazil, China, India and Indonesia in particular to mediate in order to quickly reach a ceasefire to reach. This would be a necessary step to end the killing and provide opportunities for peace...